2023 Golden Joysticks Awards

[JAHGamer]

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BEST STORY TELLING AWARD - Baldur's Gate 3



STILL PLAYING AWARD - No Man's Sky



BEST VISUAL DESIGN - Baldur's Gate 3



STUDIO OF THE YEAR - Larian Studios



BEST GAME EXPANSION - Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty



BEST VR GAME - Horizon Call of the Mountain



BEST INDIE GAME - Sea of Stars



BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME - Mortal Kombat 1



BEST AUDIO - Final Fantasy XVI



BEST GAME TRAILER - Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty



STREAMERS' CHOICE - Valorant



BEST GAME COMMUNITY - Baldur's Gate 3



BEST GAMING HARDWARE - PlayStation VR2



BREAKTHROUGH AWARD - Cocoon



CRITIC'S CHOICE AWARD - Alan Wake 2



BEST LEAD PERFORMER - Ben Starr as Lord Clive Rosfield (Final Fantasy XVI)



BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMER - Neil Newbon as Astarion (Baldur's Gate 3)



NINTENDO GAME OF THE YEAR - Zelda Tears of the Kingdom


PC GAME OF THE YEAR - Baldur's Gate 3



XBOX GAME OF THE YEAR - Starfield (HiFi Rush got robbed)



PLAYSTATION GAME OF THE YEAR - Resident Evil 4 ( Spider-Man 2 was out of the eligibility window, it should've been FF16....)



MOST WANTED GAME - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth



ULTIMATE GAME OF THE YEAR - Baldur's Gate 3

 

[Gods&Monsters]

Alan Wake critic's choice? I guess that will be the second favorite after BG3.

 

[JAHGamer]

So glad to see Ben Starr win best performance much deserved.

 

[JAHGamer]

Alan Wake critic's choice? I guess that will be the second favorite after BG3.

BG3 won too many awards I guess but I'm glad to see AW2 win something since its my personal GOTY.

 

[Zzero]

Why is Zelda's English VA nominated for anything? Do they have a joke category for worst performance?

 

[Entropi]

I’m so glad Ben Starr got some recognition. He was great in FFXVI.

 

[JAHGamer]

Why is English VA nominated for anything? Do they have a joke category for worst performance?

Because it's the language >70% of gamers play in. There are regional awards for the less popular languages

I’m so glad Ben Starr got some recognition. He was great in FFXVI.

Yes, easily the best performance of the year

 

[Zzero]

Because it's the language >70% of gamers play in. There are regional awards for the less popular languages

Sorry about that, literally the most important single word in my post got eaten (its fixed now.)

 

[Yurinka]

MK best multiplayer? Street Fighter 6 got robbed.

Why is English VA nominated for anything? Do they have a joke category for worst performance?

Golden Joysticks Awards are from UK, so they'll have some bias to UK/English stuff in awards, nominations, winners, etc.

 

[JAHGamer]

Sorry about that, literally the most important single word in my post got eaten (its fixed now.)

Oh ok, I guess they just wanted to represent someone from each platform? They had the Starfield voice actor that was even worse than Zelda's.

 

[Zzero]

They had the Starfield voice actor that was even worse than Zelda's.

I don't think thats possible. I don't know if you played those two games but she's nails on a chalkboard awful.

 

[Nym]

MK best multiplayer? Street Fighter 6 got robbed.


Golden Joysticks Awards are from UK, so they'll have some bias to UK/English stuff in awards, nominations, winners, etc.

What a fucking joke lmao

 

[JAHGamer]

I got 2nd hand embarrassment from the PlayStation GOTY nominees FF16 definitely should've won, not RE4, which is a remake AND A DAMN MULTIPLAT

 

[JAHGamer]

I don't get how the Spider-Men were able to be nominated as leading performers, but SM2 itself was too late to be nominated for awards??

 

[Zzero]

I got 2nd hand embarrassment from the PlayStation GOTY nominees FF16 definitely should've won, not RE4, which is a remake AND A DAMN MULTIPLAT

Better than Switch which had literal shovelware (Fae Farm) among its nominees. They either paid to be there or people could only remember 4 other Switch games and had to put something as the last nominee.

 

[Gods&Monsters]

I got 2nd hand embarrassment from the PlayStation GOTY nominees FF16 definitely should've won, not RE4, which is a remake AND A DAMN MULTIPLAT

Why was RE4 even nominated for best PS game? It's so ridiculous.

SM2 came out on Oct 20 and it was already too late but not Alan Wake 2 that came out Oct 27? What a joke of awards. Bunch of clowns they can all go fuck themselves.

 

[JAHGamer]

Why was RE4 even nominated for best PS game? It's so ridiculous.

SM2 came out on Oct 20 and it was already too late but not Alan Wake 2 that came out Oct 27? What a joke of awards. Bunch of clowns they can all go fuck themselves.

This too lmao, but to be fair Mario Wonder wasn't nominated either. The actors for SM2 and AW2 being eligible for nominations but not SM2 itself or Mario Wonder makes zero sense.

 

[Entropi]

RE4 is one of my favorite games this year, but a remake of a game that initially tried to skip the PlayStation platform won when other exclusives were as good. What a joke.

Is it implied that StarField is better than RE4? Because that’s ridiculous.

 

[JAHGamer]

Why was RE4 even nominated for best PS game? It's so ridiculous.

SM2 came out on Oct 20 and it was already too late but not Alan Wake 2 that came out Oct 27? What a joke of awards. Bunch of clowns they can all go fuck themselves.

WOW SPIDER-MAN 2 IS AN ULTIMATE GOTY NOMINEE BUT NOT A PLAYSTATION GAME NOMINEE ?!?!? HOW ???

 

[Zzero]

Wait, they let players vote on GotY and don't issue their own? What? Is that true for all of the categories?